Episode 18 sees Finn and Ronald discussing the ABC’s recent 7.30 report on solar in Australia, new features on SolarQuotes’ installer reviews pages, inverter torture testing results and more.
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Green Power Vs. Rooftop Solar: Solar Easily Wins But Having Both Is Greenest
A while back a reader asked me for a post on rooftop solar vs. Green Power. Or, if you spell as badly as a government national program — GreenPower. So here it is:
[Continue reading…]Sunpower To Territorians: Maxeon 3 Will Get Cyclone Rating Soon
Sunpower’s recent launch of the Maxeon range of PV panels has caught customers and installers in the Top End in a bit of a bind: the Maxeons replace the venerable but popular E-Series panels, but they haven’t yet obtained the rating needed to get approval in cyclone areas such as Darwin (or for that matter […]
[Continue reading…]Britain Goes Two Weeks (Plus) Without Coal Power
Britain has gone 16 days without using coal power for electricity generation – and according to the latest update, the coal-free run isn’t over yet.
[Continue reading…]Byron Shire Council Commits Cash For 5MW Solar Farm Project
The planning, design and tender process will soon get under way for Byron Shire Council’s 5MW solar farm, which will be the largest PV power plant in the region.
[Continue reading…]WA Councils Again Call For State Renewable Energy Target
21 councils in Western Australia are putting pressure on the McGowan Government to implement a state level emissions reduction and/or renewable energy target.
[Continue reading…]Silly Queensland Solar Rule Determined Invalid
The Supreme Court of Queensland yesterday ruled a recently introduced regulation resulting in extra costs in the construction of large-scale solar energy facilities in the state is invalid.
[Continue reading…]Australia’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Were Up Again In 2018
Preliminary estimates submitted by the Australian Government to the UN indicate the country’s greenhouse gas emissions were up again last year – the fourth year in a row.
[Continue reading…]Delta and Huawei Commercial Inverters Beat Fronius & SMA In PVEL Testing
I have good news. PVEL — a standards testing company — has released a solar inverter scorecard. It describes how a dozen different tests were performed on a variety of inverters and which were the top performers
[Continue reading…]New World Record Claims By Canadian And Trina Solar
Solar panel manufacturers Trina and Canadian solar have both laid claim to new solar cell efficiency records. Brace yourself for technobabble.
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